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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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 Steve Johnson (left) led the Ratings Committee this afternoon as it voted to forward
to the board a motion to implement the use of a Certificate of Authorization
(CA) to streamline the dissemination of certification data.
Under the existing process, managed
within the NFRC 700, inspection agencies (IA) submit a Certification
Authorization Reports (CAR) to the manufacturer for every product line
following initial approval and for each revision and each addition. The resulting
CAR, which is produced from the Certified Products Directory (CPD) is often
several hundred pages long and produces unmanageable data files.
Under the proposed motion, the IA would instead provide a CA, which would be a
single-page document showing the manufacturer name, CPD number, product
model/series name, ratings that are authorized for certification, and other
pertinent data. The CAR would still be available upon request.
If approved, implementation would be delayed pending a cost
analysis and a software update.
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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 NFRC members Tom Culp (far left) and Nelson Pena were among the nearly 20
NFRC members who took part in a two-stop tour last night.
The first stop on the tour took the group to St. Petersburg's first net-zero-building, which serves as the Sierra Club’s state
headquarters in the city’s historic Grand Central District. Afterwards, the
group visited Madico Window Film’s nearby manufacturing facility, where Culp and Pena pointed out the placement of the NFRC label on a box of window film.
According to
the company’s Website, Madico is one of the
world's leading manufacturers of laminating and coating solutions. We provide
high performance, complex, multilayer films engineered to exceed customer
expectations in our target market segments.
"Considering the
upcoming requirement for rating window films in California, this tour was
especially informative and insightful," said Pena who works with
the California Energy Commission.
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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The
Technical Committee voted unanimously to approve a motion to redefine the term "cladding.”
Approval of the change would remove the terms, "roll-formed” and "extruded” from the existing
definition.
If approved by the board, NFRC would define cladding as, "…an applied
rigid or semi rigid covering that is placed over the interior and or exterior
framing member for the primary purpose of protection from environmental elements
and or aesthetics.”
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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Jeff Baker announced this
morning that he is stepping down as Technical Committee Chair.
"It’s been a lot of hard work, but it’s always been very rewarding” Baker told the
membership.
Baker also thanked the task groups for their dedicated service adding, "Our
work doesn’t get done without you.”
NFRC will seek volunteers to chair the committee.
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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 Jeff Baker (left) led the Technical Committee meeting this morning as it approved moving
forward to NFRC’s Board of Directors a motion that would allow rating certain shading devices under the NFRC 100
and NFRC 200.
The proposed change includes products that
use shading systems integral to the product as shipped from the manufacturer,
including dynamic attachments for swinging doors.
Also included under the proposed change is dynamic
glazing such as electorchromic products and certain non-specular transmittance products
such as frits, translucent fiberglass, and etched glass. It does not apply, however, to aftermarket items.
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Monday, April 8, 2013
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Doug Anderson updated the NFRC membership on the ENERGY
STAR® Most Efficient Program during today’s
networking luncheon.
Anderson explained that the program, which became
permanent in 2012, includes 11 product categories and added residential windows
in 2013.
The program
recognizes the highest-performing residential windows on the market and strives
to make it easier for consumers to find those products.
To date, the ENERGY STAR Most Efficient program recognizes more
than 240 products and 30 manufacturers. One of its goals moving forward is to encourage
more widespread adoption of newer or better products.
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Monday, April 8, 2013
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The National Fenestration Rating Council's (NFRC) Spring Committee Week Meeting begins today at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort in St. Petersburg, Fl.
Check back throughout the day for updates on the proceedings.
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Thursday, April 4, 2013
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The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) has accredited
Architectural Testing, Inc., of Fresno, CA as its first laboratory to test "NFRC
202: Procedure for Determining Translucent Fenestration Product Visible
Transmittance at Normal Incidence.”
This procedure, which
was approved by NFRC membership in 2012, provides a method for measuring
visible transmittance (VT) at normal incidence for translucent panels. With the
accreditation of the first laboratory able to test using this procedure,
manufacturers of flat, diffusing products that were not able to test for VT
using simulation or a spectrophotometer, are now able to obtain a VT rating on
a whole product. Details
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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According to an online
report, the Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center (Oregon
BEST) has provided $150,000 to a number of universities and private businesses to
study the application of low-emissivity coating, which may save millions in
indoor lighting costs.
In addition to reducing
heat transfer through glass, the coating also cuts infrared light and allows more
visible light to enter buildings. Details
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Posted By Tom Herron, National Fenestration Rating Council,
Monday, March 25, 2013
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If you are interested in an
opportunity to donate high-performance windows in return for recognition, the
U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Southern Nevada Chapter and the
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) would like to hear from you.
The chapter is working with
UNLV to assist a team of students in designing a home to compete in the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon. The event is an international
competition intended to educate the public about energy-saving residential
designs. It includes twenty collegiate teams competing to design, build, and
operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and
attractive.
Following the competition,
which takes place in Irvine, California during October 2013, the house will
return to Las Vegas where it will be open to the public.
This opportunity can create widespread exposure for your company, increasing
awareness of your products and building your reputation without incurring
direct advertising costs.
Please contact David Schmidt at
702-240-4208 to get involved.
Details about the Solar
Decathlon are available here.
Learn more about the
UNLV project here.
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